Porous Nanofibers

Yun SH, Woo JJ, Seo SJ, Wu LA, Wu D, Xu TW, Moon SH (2011) Sidfonated poly(2,6-dimethyl-l,4-phenylene oxide) (SPPO) electrolyte membranes reinforced by electrospun nanofiber porous substrates for fuel cells. J Membr Sci 367(1—2) 296-305... 

Sonoelectrochemistry has also been used for the efficient employment of porous electrodes, such as carbon nanofiber-ceramic composites electrodes in the reduction of colloidal hydrous iron oxide [59], In this kind of systems, the electrode reactions proceed with slow rate or require several collisions between reactant and electrode surface. Mass transport to and into the porous electrode is enhanced and extremely fast at only modest ultrasound intensity. This same approach was checked in the hydrogen peroxide sonoelectrosynthesis using RVC three-dimensional electrodes [58]. 

Abstract. Nanocarbon materials and method of their production, developed by TMSpetsmash Ltd. (Kyiv, Ukraine), are reviewed. Multiwall carbon nanotubes with surface area 200-500 m2/g are produced in industrial scale with use of CVD method. Ethylene is used as a source of carbon and Fe-Mo-Al- mixed oxides as catalysts. Fumed silica is used as a pseudo-liquid diluent in order to decrease aggregation of nanotubes and bulk density of the products. Porous carbon nanofibers with surface area near 300-500 m2/g are produced from acetylene with use of (Fe, Co, Sn)/C/Al203-Si02 catalysts prepared mechanochemically. High surface area microporous nanocarbon materials were prepared by activation of carbon nanofibers. Effective surface area of these nanomaterials reaches 4000-6000 m2/g (by argon desorption method). Such materials are prospective for electrochemical applications. Methods of catalysts synthesis for CVD of nanocarbon materials and mechanisms of catalytic CVD are discussed. 

For different electrochemical applications such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel elements porous carbon nanomaterials are used. We have obtained porous carbon nanofibers by CVD method from acetylene with use of new (Fe,Co,Sn)/C/Al203-Si02 catalysts prepared by mechanochemical method [13, 14]. The porous nanostructures formed (Fig. 4) somewhat resembles structures, synthesized in [15] on titania-containing catalyst. 

Figure 4. Porous carbon nanofibers grown from acetylene on Fe/C/Si02 catalyst.

Melezhyk A.V., Sementsov Yu.I., Yanchenko V.V. Synthesis of porous carbon nanofibers on mechanochemically obtained catalysts. Russian J. of Applied Chemistry, 2005, 78(6), 945-951. 

A test matrix of about 20 different carbon samples, including commercial carbon fibers and fiber composites, graphite nanofibers, carbon nanowebs and single walled carbon nanotubes was assembled. The sorbents were chosen to represent a large variation in surface areas and micropore volumes. Both non-porous materials, such as graphites, and microporous sorbents, such as activated carbons, were selected. Characterization via N2 adsorption at 77 K was conducted on the majority of the samples for this a Quantachrome Autosorb-1 system was used. The results of the N2 and H2 physisorption measurements are shown in Table 2. In the table CNF is used to designate carbon nanofibers, ACF is used for activated carbon fibers and AC for activated carbon. 

PW. Gibson, HE. Schreuder-Gibson, D. Rivin. 2001. Transport properties of porous membranes based on electrospun nanofibers. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 187.pp.469 81. 

Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) estimated surface areas [23], For example, from Figure 5.9, graphite felt electrodes show poor volume-normalized ORR current density compared to carbon nanofibers and multiwaUed carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-based electrodes. However, the results also reveal that CNTs and porous carbon tubes exhibit dramaticaUy lower ORR current densities when normalized to B ET surface area, while graphite felt electrodes perform better, perhaps indicative of agglomeration of the carbon tubes, preventing enzyme adsorption over the entire area. Further research on methods to permit dispersion of nano-tubes, while retaining electrical conductivity and adsorption of enzymes oriented for DET, is warranted. 

Figure 5.9 Cathode polarization plots for electrodes with laccase adsorbed to graphite felt (curves a), porous carbon tubes (curves b), SWCNTs (curves c), MWCNTs (curves d), and carbon nanofibers (curves e).

Fig. 1 Nanofibrous architectures created by electrospinning (a) random nanofibers, (b) porous nanofibers, (c) core-shell nanofibers, (d) aligned nanofibers (e) nano-yam, (f) hollow nanotubes...

Polymer-supported Ag nanoparticles have been widely investigated and provide potential applications as catalysts, photonic and electronic sensors, wound dressings, body wall repairs, augmentation devices, tissue scaffolds, and antimicrobial filters [15-22]. For these applications, Ag nanoparticles have to be supported in a biocompatible polymer system [23-26]. The electrospinning technique has often been adopted for the incorporation of Ag nanoparticles into polymer porous media. In this chapter, we review the preparation methods and properties of Ag nanoparticles incorporated into polymeric nanofibers and their applications in the fields of filtration, catalysis, tissue engineering and wound dressing. 

Porous carbons constitnte a fascinating kind of material. Different types with distinctive physical forms and properties (i.e., activated carbons, high-surface-area graphites, carbon blacks, activated carbon cloths and fibers, nanofibers, nanotubes, etc.) find a wide range of indnstrial applications in adsorption and catalysis processes. The main properties of these materials that make them very useful as catalyst supports, as well as some of their applications, have been described. The use of carbon as a catalyst support relies primarily on the relative inertness of its surface, which facilitates the interaction between active phases or between active phases and promoters, thus enhancing the catalytic behavior. This makes porous carbons an excellent choice as catalyst support in a great number of reactions. 

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